TWM482110U - Electronic device with tactile feedback - Google Patents

Abstract

An electronic device with tactile feedback is disclosed. The electronic device includes a display module, a main body, an elastic element, and a vibrating element. The display module includes a touch screen and a display screen. The touch screen receives an input operation. The display screen is disposed under the touch screen. One end of the elastic element is connected with the display module, and the other end of the elastic element is connected with the main body. The vibrating element is connected with the touch screen. The vibrating element drives the touch screen to vibrate when the touch screen receives the input operation. The disclosed electronic device can satisfy the vibrating demand without increasing the volume of the vibrating element and manufacturing cost.

Description

Tactile feedback electronic device

The present invention relates to an electronic device, and more particularly to an electronic device that provides tactile feedback.

At present, more and more electronic devices are equipped with touch screens to provide users with intuitive operation. In order to meet the user's human-computer interaction requirements, some touch-type electronic devices also provide a tactile feedback function to provide a simple vibration function when the user performs a touch-type operation input.

However, existing electronic devices are designed to vibrate the entire electronic device when providing a vibration function. When the overall weight of the electronic device is too large or the body is to be fixed on a large device, the amplitude is too small to sense the vibration. Alternatively, in order to increase the amplitude, it is necessary to increase the size of the vibrating member to provide a sufficiently large vibration force, thereby causing a problem that the vibrating member is excessively bulky and costly.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide an electronic device capable of providing tactile feedback, which satisfies the vibration requirement of an electronic device without increasing the volume of the vibrating member and the manufacturing cost.

According to the foregoing objective, the electronic device capable of providing tactile feedback includes a display module, a main body, an elastic member and a vibrating member. The display module includes a touch screen and a display screen. The touch screen is configured to accept an operation input, and the display screen is disposed under the touch screen. One end of the elastic member is connected to the display module, and the other end of the elastic member is connected to the main body. The vibrating member is connected to the touch screen. When the touch screen has an operation input, the vibrating member drives the touch screen to vibrate.

In an embodiment of the invention, the resilient member is a spring.

In an embodiment of the invention, the vibrating member is a vibrating motor.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the display module further includes a support member and a support member. A touch screen is connected, and one end of the elastic member is connected to the support member.

In an embodiment of the invention, the electronic device is a printer or an all-in-one PC.

In the electronic device provided by the present invention for providing tactile feedback, the vibrating member is only connected to the touch screen of the display module, and the display module and the main body are connected by elastic members to drive the display module to vibrate in the vibrating member. When the main body is separated from the display module, the partial vibration effect is achieved. Compared with the overall vibration in the prior art, the present invention can still meet the vibration requirements of the electronic device without increasing the volume of the vibrating member and the manufacturing cost.

1, 2‧‧‧ electronic devices

10, 20‧‧‧ display module

100,200‧‧‧ touch screen

101‧‧‧ display screen

102‧‧‧Support

11, 21‧‧‧ subject

12, 22‧‧‧ elastic parts

13, 23‧‧‧ vibrating parts

1 is an exploded perspective view of an electronic device capable of providing tactile feedback according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view along line AA of FIG. 1; and FIG. 3 is a schematic view of another preferred embodiment of the present invention. A schematic cross-sectional view of a tactile feedback electronic device.

The above described features and advantages of the present invention will be more apparent from the following description.

1 is an exploded perspective view of an electronic device that can provide tactile feedback according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A of Figure 1. Please refer to Figure 1 and Figure 2. In this embodiment, the electronic device 1 is a touch-sensitive electronic device, which may be, for example, a printer or an integrated computer. However, the present invention does not impose any limitation on this. In other embodiments, the electronic device 1 can also be a tablet or a mobile phone or the like. Here, the electronic device 1 can provide tactile feedback, that is, when the user operates the electronic device 1, the electronic device 1 can respond to vibration.

The electronic device 1 includes a display module 10, a main body 11, an elastic member 12, and a vibrating member 13. One end of the elastic member 12 is connected to the display module 10, and the other end of the elastic member 12 is connected to the main body 11.

In this embodiment, the display module 10 can include a touch screen 100, a display screen 101, and a support member 102. The touch screen 100 is configured to accept an operation input of a user, that is, The touch interface is provided for the user to operate the electronic device 1. The display screen 101 provides a function of displaying an image, and the present invention does not impose any limitation on its specific type. Here, the cross-sectional area of the display screen 101 can be smaller than the cross-sectional area of the touch screen 100, and the display screen 101 can be disposed under the touch screen 100 by pressing or pasting. However, the present invention does not impose any limitation on the size and arrangement of the display screen 101 and the touch screen 100. The support member 102 can be connected to the touch screen 100. Here, the support member 102 can be a hollow frame member, and the bottom portion thereof can have an opening so as to be disposed around the periphery of the display screen 101 and connected under the touch screen 100 to support the touch screen 100 and touch The function of the control panel 100 to be separated from the main body 11. However, the present invention does not impose any limitation on the specific form of the support member 102.

The elastic member 12 can be used for amplitude control. Specifically, when the touch screen 100 vibrates, the amplitude of the up and down vibration can be controlled by the elastic coefficient of the elastic member 12. In this embodiment, one end of the elastic member 12 is connectable to the support member 102, and the other end of the elastic member 12 is coupled to the main body 11. However, the present invention does not impose any limitation on this. In other embodiments, one end of the elastic member 12 can be directly connected to the touch screen 100; or, in the case that the elastic member 12 is large in size, one end thereof can be partially connected to the display screen 101, and the other portion can be connected to the support member 102. . Here, the elastic member 12 may be a spring. In other embodiments, the elastic member 12 may also be other elastic objects such as a spring piece or a rubber.

In the present embodiment, the vibrating member 13 can be a vibrating motor. In other embodiments, the vibrating member 13 can also be other types of power components. When the touch screen 100 has an operation input, the vibrating member 13 drives the touch screen 100 to vibrate. Since the main body 11 and the display module 10 are connected by the elastic member 12, when the touch screen 100 vibrates, the main body 11 can isolate the vibration, so that the electronic device 1 is only partially vibrated, and at the same time, the tactile feedback is realized. The influence of the weight or size of the whole electronic device 1 on the vibration is eliminated. Here, the vibrating member 13 can be disposed in the support member 102 to be connected to the touch screen 100 through the support member 102 to drive the touch screen 100 to vibrate. However, the present invention does not impose any limitation on this. In other embodiments, the vibrating member 13 can also be directly connected to the lower surface of the touch screen 100.

3 is a cross-sectional view of an electronic device that can provide tactile feedback in accordance with another preferred embodiment of the present invention. Please refer to Figure 3. The difference between this embodiment and the previous embodiment is that the support member is not provided in the embodiment, and the vibrating member is directly disposed on the lower surface of the touch screen. Only the following Make a description of the different parts.

In the electronic device 2 of the present embodiment, the vibrating member 23 is directly disposed on the lower surface of the touch screen 200, so that when the user operates the touch screen 200, the vibrating member 23 drives the touch screen 200 to vibrate. Since the main body 21 is disposed apart from the display module 20 by the elastic member 22, the main body 21 is not affected by the vibration of the touch screen 200.

In summary, in the electronic device capable of providing tactile feedback according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the vibrating member is only connected to the touch screen of the display module, and the display module and the main body are connected by elastic members. When the vibrating member drives the display module to vibrate, the main body is separated from the display module to achieve partial vibration. Compared with the overall vibration in the prior art, the present invention can still meet the vibration requirements of the electronic device without increasing the volume of the vibrating member and the manufacturing cost.

Although the present invention has been disclosed in the above preferred embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention, and any person skilled in the art can make some modifications and refinements without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of protection of this new type is subject to the definition of the scope of patent application.

1‧‧‧ child device

10‧‧‧ display module

100‧‧‧ touch screen

101‧‧‧ display screen

102‧‧‧Support

11‧‧‧ Subject

12‧‧‧Flexible parts

13‧‧‧Vibration parts

Claims (5)

An electronic device capable of providing tactile feedback includes: a display module comprising a touch screen and a display screen, wherein the touch screen is configured to receive an operation input, the display screen is disposed under the touch screen; a main body; An elastic member has one end connected to the display module and the other end connected to the main body; and a vibrating member connected to the touch screen. When the touch screen has the operation input, the vibrating member drives the touch screen to vibrate. An electronic device capable of providing tactile feedback as described in claim 1 wherein the elastic member is a spring. An electronic device capable of providing tactile feedback as described in claim 1 wherein the vibrating member is a vibration motor. The electronic device capable of providing tactile feedback according to the first aspect of the invention, wherein the display module further comprises a support member connected to the touch screen, and one end of the elastic member is connected to the support member. An electronic device capable of providing tactile feedback as described in claim 1 wherein the electronic device is a printer or an integrated computer.